CONGLOMERATES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 6/27/1976. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Part of a double chin (4): JOWL
5 Across: Shows grief (4): SOBS
9 Across: Seasonal beer (4): BOCK
13 Across: Selected (6): CHOSEN
19 Across: Throb (4): ACHE
20 Across: Get lucky, Mr. Mimic (18): STRIKEITRICHLITTLE
24 Across: Kind of light (4): NEON
25 Across: Fake out an old Celtic star (18): BUFFALOBILLRUSSELL
26 Across: Fight-game name (3): ALI
27 Across: Of a layer (7): STRATAL
28 Across: Kind of gin (4): SLOE
29 Across: Danger (5): PERIL
30 Across: Stations (5): POSTS
33 Across: Counter-weights (5): TARES
34 Across: Went fast (4): SPED
35 Across: Some birds' homes (5): CAGES
36 Across: On a cruise (5): ATSEA
37 Across: Young hawk (4): EYAS
38 Across: Caraway offering (4): SEED
39 Across: Kind of plane (4): MONO
40 Across: Short rifle (5): YAGER
42 Across: Rip (4): TEAR
43 Across: Island of charm (4): BALI
44 Across: That, in Paris (3): QUE
47 Across: Batter's wear (6): HELMET
49 Across: Make cloth (5): WEAVE
52 Across: Numerical prefix (3): TRI
53 Across: Dracula, for one (5): COUNT
55 Across: Roof border (4): EAVE
56 Across: Salute the creator of mini (13): HAILMARYQUANT
61 Across: Approach (4): NEAR
62 Across: Networks (5): GRIDS
64 Across: Senor's coin (4): PESO
65 Across: Full-scale drawing (5): EPURE
66 Across: Argument (6): HASSLE
68 Across: Greek letter (3): ETA
69 Across: Selassie (5): HAILE
71 Across: ___ in the bucket (5): ADROP
72 Across: Miss Leigh (5): JANET
73 Across: Unsymmetrical (8): LOPSIDED
75 Across: Old instrument (5): REBEC
76 Across: Armament (8): MUNITION
79 Across: ___ up (confessed) (5): OWNED
80 Across: Anchor ring (5): TORUS
81 Across: Green hat (5): BERET
82 Across: Gold, in Mexico (3): ORO
83 Across: Sullen (6): MOROSE
85 Across: Send payment (5): REMIT
86 Across: Elder nine tails? (4): CATO
87 Across: In ___ (irritated) (5): ASNIT
89 Across: ___'acte (4): ENTR
90 Across: Prepares to pay Paul Anka (13): ROBSPETERNERO
94 Across: U.S., Can, etc. (4): AMER
95 Across: Rest (5): SLEEP
97 Across: Took the bait (3): BIT
98 Across: Willow (5): OSIER
99 Across: Kind of femme (6): FATALE
101 Across: Mideast land: Abbr. (3): SYR
102 Across: Rita and Grande (4): RIOS
104 Across: Relative (4): AUNT
106 Across: Relish (5): SAVOR
107 Across: Fairway cry (4): FORE
108 Across: "Too bad!" (4): ALAS
109 Across: Judge's seat (4): BANC
112 Across: What a spat covers (5): ANKLE
115 Across: Cut the bird (5): CARVE
117 Across: Gelatin (4): AGAR
118 Across: Trooper's beam (5): RADAR
119 Across: Engineer's beam (5): LASER
120 Across: Recipient (5): DONEE
121 Across: Coaster (4): SLED
122 Across: Circlets (7): CORONAE
124 Across: Normal (3): PAR
125 Across: Dig ex-Governor's no-change stance (18): UNDERSTANDPATBROWN
128 Across: Hindu god (4): SIVA
129 Across: Incites a general (18): EGGSBENEDICTARNOLD
130 Across: Printing word (4): STET
131 Across: Baby's foot (6): TOOTSY
132 Across: Insects (4): ANTS
133 Across: Invites (4): ASKS
134 Across: Poet Pound (4): EZRA

Down Answers

1 Down: Hemp fiber (6): JANAPA
2 Down: Spotted cat (6): OCELOT
3 Down: Pooh-poohs an economist (17): WHOISSYLVIAPORTER
4 Down: Deighton (3): LEN
5 Down: Stammer (7): STUTTER
6 Down: Gold embroidery (6): ORFRAY
7 Down: Organ stop (6): BIFARA
8 Down: Joins an ice show (6): SKATES
9 Down: School subj. (4): BIOL
10 Down: Betting in N.Y.C. (3): OTB
11 Down: Refrigerator unit (7): CRISPER
12 Down: Slew (6): KILLED
13 Down: U.S. rights org. (3): CLU
14 Down: Latin American (8): HISPANIC
15 Down: New York lake (6): OTSEGO
16 Down: Cubic meter (5): STERE
17 Down: Havelock ___ (5): ELLIS
18 Down: Dickens girl (4): NELL
20 Down: Nouns: Abbr. (3): SBS
21 Down: High notes (4): ELAS
22 Down: Oaf (4): CLOD
23 Down: Otto's realm: Abbr. (3): HRE
31 Down: Yoked (6): TEAMED
32 Down: Dressing flavor (4): SAGE
34 Down: Kind of sick (3): SEA
35 Down: Mountain pass (3): COL
38 Down: Burn up watching a comic (13): SEEREDBUTTONS
39 Down: Utility duct (4): MAIN
41 Down: Ordinal suffix (3): ETH
42 Down: Muscle Shoals project: Abbr. (3): TVA
43 Down: Slope, in Scotland (4): BRAE
44 Down: Interview a swimmer? (17): QUESTIONMARKSPITZ
45 Down: Single (4): UNAL
46 Down: To be: Fr. (4): ETRE
47 Down: German philosopher (5): HEGEL
48 Down: Have an ___ the ground (5): EARTO
49 Down: Control (5): WIELD
50 Down: Before where (4): ELSE
51 Down: Before amas (3): AMO
52 Down: Paint thinner, for short (4): TURP
54 Down: Beginning (5): ONSET
57 Down: On foot, in Paris (5): APIED
58 Down: City of laces (5): YPRES
59 Down: ___ ngu (Vietnamese writing) (4): QUOC
60 Down: Scottish title (5): THANE
63 Down: Climbs a rope (5): SHINS
67 Down: Miss Gillette (5): ANITA
70 Down: Run like ___ (5): ADEER
71 Down: High nest (5): AERIE
72 Down: Panel member (5): JUROR
74 Down: ___ off (kicked a habit) (5): SWORE
75 Down: Win easily (4): ROMP
76 Down: Parking-place fixture (5): METER
77 Down: Bay window (5): ORIEL
78 Down: ___ Dame (5): NOTRE
80 Down: Exam (4): TEST
81 Down: Spoiler (4): BANE
83 Down: Disorder (4): MESS
84 Down: Kind of child (4): ONLY
85 Down: Hitting stats (4): RBIS
86 Down: Dernier ___ (3): CRI
88 Down: "___ tuffet" (6): SATONA
91 Down: Instrument (4): OBOE
92 Down: Id follower (3): EST
93 Down: Two ___ kind (3): OFA
96 Down: Ben Franklin offerings (8): PROVERBS
100 Down: Of grandparents (4): AVAL
103 Down: Anger (3): IRE
104 Down: Lamp rubber (7): ALADDIN
105 Down: Cairo initials (3): UAR
106 Down: Scribbles (7): SCRAWLS
107 Down: Least constrained (6): FREEST
108 Down: Program (6): AGENDA
109 Down: Streisand (6): BARBRA
110 Down: Decorates (6): ADORNS
111 Down: "___ of the North" (6): NANOOK
113 Down: Dropout (6): LEAVER
114 Down: Printing slips (6): ERRATA
115 Down: Stanley's river (5): CONGO
116 Down: Touch ___ (risky) (5): ANDGO
117 Down: Wings (4): ALAE
118 Down: Roster (4): ROTA
120 Down: Recital offering (4): DUET
121 Down: R.R. depot (3): STN
122 Down: Alley and cool (4): CATS
123 Down: Terminate (3): END
126 Down: Beef cut, in Scotland (3): SEY
127 Down: Fraction: Abbr. (3): PCT
128 Down: Compass point (3): SSE

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